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U.S. NEWSTuesday 13 October 2015
Judge:
16-year-old to be tried as adult in family stabbing to California jail
District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler speaks to the media after a hearing for bothers Michael and
Robert Bever, in Tulsa, Okla. The brothers are charged in the July deaths of their parents and three
siblings.
J. JUOZAPAVICIUS
Associated Press
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — A
16-year-old Oklahoma boy
will stand trial as an adult
in the stabbing deaths of
his parents and three sib-
Judge: Arkansas must disclose execution drug source They could make their
CLAUDIA LAUER
Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP)
— Arkansas was ordered
Monday to release infor-
mation about its supplier
of lethal injection drugs to
attorneys for death row in-
mates who are challenging
the state’s execution se-
crecy law.
Pulaski County Circuit Court
Judge Wendell Griffen said
the state must “identify or
otherwise object to disclo-
sure” of the manufacturers,
distributor, seller or supplier ask Griffen to uphold the
of Arkansas’ three lethal in-
lings, a judge ruled Mon-
day, rejecting a request by
defense attorneys to cer-
tify him as a juvenile delin-
quent or youthful offender.
Michael Bever and his
18-year-old brother Robert
jections drugs by Oct. 21.
That includes turning over
package inserts, shipping
labels, laboratory test re-
sults and other information
to the court and the in-
mates’ attorneys.
The state can submit a re-
quest for a protective order
for the drug manufacturer
and supplier information,
Griffen said.
It will be up to the state at- Judd Deere, a spokesman
torney general to decide
what’s included in that
request. The office could
state’s secrecy law as it’s
er’s decision to the Okla-
homa Court of Criminal
Appeals and, if necessary,
the U.S. Supreme Court.
(Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP) “He’s a child,” Nigh said af-
ter Monday’s hearing. “The
Bever are charged with reality of the situation is we were sent back Monday
first-degree murder in the should not have children
July 22 deaths and have going to the state peni-
pleaded not guilty. tentiary.” Nigh said even
Attorney Rob Nigh said though Bever is charged
he would appeal Special with first-degree murder,
Judge Martha Rupp Cart- “that doesn’t change his
biology.”
At a hearing Friday, Nigh
suggested Michael Bever
was struggling with mental
health issues.
Tulsa County District Attor-
ney Steve Kunzweiler said
Bever acted as an adult by
conspiring with his brother
to kill their father, David
Bever, and mother, April,
along with siblings Daniel,
Christopher and Victoria.
“Oklahoma law is very
clear: if anybody’s go-
ing to commit a crime of
murder in the first degree,
you’re going to be tried as
an adult,” Kunzweiler said
after the hearing. q
written, which requires in- comment Monday.
formation about the source Jeff Rosenzweig, an attor-
of the drugs to be kept un- ney for the inmates, said
der wraps. he and the other counsel
It could also ask that if the would not comment on the
source is shared with the order.
inmates’ attorneys, they be Griffen temporarily halted
barred from releasing it to executions for eight in-
anyone else. mates who were sched-
Attorney General Leslie uled for lethal injections be- prosecutors said they ex-
Rutledge “is considering tween Oct. 21 and Jan. 14
her options,” according to in a ruling Friday.
His order Monday also set
for the AG’s office, which a March 1 hearing date
is representing the Depart- for the inmates’ request to
ment of Correction in the permanently halt execu-
lawsuit. Deere said the of- tions under the state’s se-
fice would have no further crecy law.q
Trio accused of
killing two head
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Three transients accused
of using a stolen gun to
rob and kill a Canadian
backpacker and a yoga
instructor two days apart
to Northern California from
Oregon, where they were
arrested.
Authorities say Sean Mi-
chael Angold, 24, Morrison
Haze Lampley, 23, and Lila
Scott Alligood, 18, killed
backpacker Audrey Car-
ey, 23, in San Francisco’s
Golden Gate Park on Oct.
3. They also are accused of
gunning down tantra yoga
teacher Steve Carter, 67,
whose body was found
Oct. 5 on a popular hik-
ing trail in Marin County, 20
miles (32 kilometers) north
of the city.
The three suspects were
arrested last week at a
soup kitchen in Portland,
Oregon. They were travel-
ing under guard from Port-
land and are expected to
be booked in jail Monday,
Marin County sheriff’s Lt.
Doug Pittman said.
first court appearance
Tuesday, Pittman said. It’s
unclear if they have at-
torneys who could speak
on their behalf. California
prosecutors must decide
where Lampley, Angold
and Alligood will stand tri-
al first — Marin County or
San Francisco. Both county
pected to charge each
of the three suspects with
murder. A San Francisco
resident reported the theft
of his handgun from his un-
locked car parked in the
Fisherman’s Wharf neigh-
borhood on Oct. 1, police
Lt. Toney Chaplin said. q